SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Senior attackman Michael Powell (West Carthage,
N.Y./Carthage) had four goals and two assists to help lead the No. 3-ranked
Syracuse men's lacrosse team to a 16-10 victory against upstate New York rival
Hobart at the Carrier Dome. The Orangemen are now 3-0 at home this season. They
improved their season record to 5-1.

Powell had a goal and two assists in the first quarter to help SU jump out to a
7-1 lead. The Orange went ahead by as many as seven goals (8-1) when Sean
Lindsay (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Lakeland-Panas) scored at the 11:10 mark of the
second quarter, but Hobart came back. The Statesmen closed to within four goals
(9-5) by halftime. Hobart's leading scorer, Mark Williamson, scored two goals
during the second period mini-run.

Hobart (3-4) crept even closer to within two goals (10-8) when Williamson
netted his third goal of the game with 12:17 remaining in the third quarter.
Powell slammed the door shut with a behind-the-back goal at the 10:35 mark and
junior midfielder Jarett Park (Otisco, N.Y./Christian Brothers Academy) dashed
to the goal for the second time of the game with 4:41 remaining which gave SU a
12-8 advantage.

Williamson registered his team-high fourth goal just 1:53 into the fourth
quarter to pull Hobart to within 12-9, but Syracuse went on one of its patented
runs and tallied the game's next four goals to build a 16-9 advantage. Face-off
man Geoff Keough (Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood) fed Powell for his third goal of
the game. Brian Nee (Cockeysville, Md./Boys' Latin) set up senior midfielder
Steve Vallone (Corning, N.Y./Corning East) with 10:27 left in the contest.
Sophomore midfielder Greg Rommel (Syracuse, N.Y./Henninger) dodged his way to
an unassisted tally at the 7:56 mark and Powell scored goal number four off an
assist from Zack Wallace (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) just 31 seconds after
Rommel found the back of the net.

Hobart's Mike Conklin scored a man-up goal off a pass from Williamson with 5:39
remaining in the contest for the game's final goal.

Powell, who is ranked second in the nation in scoring offense this week with
5.00 points per game, surpassed Rob Kavovit on SU's all-time scoring list.
Kavovit recorded 246 points from 1993-97. Powell now ranks eighth in career
points with 249 and needs 39 more to break the school's scoring record held by
his brothers, Casey and Ryan Powell. With four goals against Hobart, Powell
moved into a tie for 14th on the school's all-time goals list with long-time
friend and teammate Josh Coffman (118 career goals).

Other standout performances for the Orange included a hat trick by Lindsay and
a season-high two goals by Park. Park has two goals, one assist and 10
groundballs in SU's last two victories. Junior goaltender Jay Pfeifer (Towson,
Md./Gilman) recorded 12 saves and moved into ninth place on the school's
all-time saves list with 440 career stops. The Orangemen won 16 of 29 faceoffs
against the Statesmen.

Syracuse will next be in action on Saturday, April 3, when it travels to
Providence, R.I. to take on undefeated Brown (6-0), ranked No. 11 in this
week's Geico/STX Coaches Poll. Face-off is set for 1 p.m. at Stevenson Field.